Car goes up in flames in Sandy Springs school parking lot half an hour before school starts

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — A car caught fire in the parking lot of a Fulton County elementary school on Tuesday morning, according to Sandy Springs police.

Police say officers and firefighters were called to a car fire in the parking lot of Woodland Elementary School on Spalding Drive at 7:15 a.m.

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Photos from the scene show the burning car a few yards from the school with other cars parked on either side of it.

According to the Fulton County Schools website, the elementary school starts at 7:40 a.m.

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No injuries or damage to anything other than the car were reported.

Fulton County Schools officials say that there was a slight delay in buses so first responders could get to the car, but school began on time.

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